Pencil-holder.



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PENCIL HOLDER. (Appl t nfi1dMy9 1901 (No Model.)

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- UNITE STATES JOHN WM. PEARSON, OF TEHUAOANA, TEXAS.

PENCI L -HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691 ,1'72, dated January .14, 1902. Application filed May 9, 1901. Serial No. 59,516. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WM. PEARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at and Whose post-office address is Tehuacana, in the county of Limestone and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pencil-holders.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a pencil-holder which may be readily applied to a garment, so that the pencil or pencils held thereby maybe readily accessible, and also to provide a holderof the character mentioned which shall be extremely simple in construction, but at the same time capable of positively holding the pencil or pencils Without liability of the same becoming displaced therefrom.

With these and other objects in View, which will appearas the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consists, substantially, in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of apencil-holder constructed in accord: ance with the present invention having a pair of pencils supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of another form of holder.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of a holder, which body is formed of sheet metal, preferably tin, and the strip constituting the body 1 is bent at its central portion to provide two parallel portions 2, suitably secured together, as by s0ldering. The ends 3 of the body 1 arebent into parallel relation with the septum formed by the portions 2, but spaced therefrom, and it will thus be seen that the body 1 is open at one of its sides and forms two pencil-receiving compartments. In order to retain the pencils within the compartments thus formed, each of the ends 8 and the portions 2 is perforated, as at 4, and arranged within the perforations 4 is an elastic strip 5. The

strip 5 is preferably in the form of a rubber band, and in applying the same one end thereof is first inserted in one end of the body 1 from the inner side thereof and looped upon said end, and after this has been done the strip is passed through the other perforations 4 and looped upon the other end of the body. In applying the strip in this manner it is obvious that when the same loses its elasticity the strip may be easily removed and replaced bya new one, and it will also be seen that the tension exerted by the strip upon the pencils within the compartments of the body is sufficient to maintain the pencils therein at all times.

Arranged upon the rear face of the body 1 is a pin 6 of suitable construction, which pin is preferably soldered to the body 1 and is arranged in vertical relation thereto. With the aid of the pin 6 the holder may be readily attached to or detached from a garment and when so attached effectually retains the holder upon the garment.

In Fig. 4 is shown another form of the invention, and in this form the holder 1 is formed in the same manner as that form disclosed in Figs. 1, 2, and 3that is, the body 1 is bent upon itself at spaced intervals throughout its length in order to provide a series of pencilreceiving compartments, which series in the present instance numbers three. In the form shown in Fig. 4, however, the pin 6, in lieu of being arranged vertically, occupies a horizontal position with relation to the holder 1.

While an elastic band has been illustrated as the medium for retaining the pencils within the holder, a spiral-spring wire may be substituted therefor, and it is also apparent that other changes might be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

From the foregoing it will be seen that with the holder placed in position upon a garment pencils may be inserted therein and effectually held by the elastic strip, and it will also be seen that the pencils are readily accessible and may be easily removed when desired. It is also apparent that if desired the holder may comprise only one pencil-receiving compartment, or, in lieu thereof, any number, according to the uses to which the holder is to be adapted.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pencil-holder comprising a body having its ends perforated and bent to parallel relation and having an intermediate perforated partition dividing the body into a plurality of compartments, an elastic strip extending through said perforations and attached to said ends, and means for securing the holder to a garment.

2. A pencil-holder comprising a metallic strip bent upon itself to form a partition, and provided With perforations and having its ends bent to form in connection with the partition, a plurality of pencil-receiving compartments, said ends having perforations in alinement with those of the partition, an elastic strip extending through the perforations, and means for securing the holder to a garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

' JOHN WM; PEARSON.

Witnesses:

A. P. WHITLEY, (J. E. PEARSON. 

